Coaches and parents have debated when the youngster should begin serious endurance training for many years. To date they are unable to resolve this problem in a definitive manner. By serious training I mean that the athlete begins specializing in endurance running. This is why it is not uncommon to find some youngsters today beginning […]
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The belief that you can get athletes to overachieve is common on the collegiate level and even more so on the professional level. This belief is so ingrained that coaches believe that their job is to find the key to unlock the abilities of the athletes so that the athletes overachieve, or at a minimum,
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One of the distinguishing features of a high-level sprinter is the high knee position on pushoff. To practice getting high knees in running, coaches do drills in which the athlete raises the knees upward in a repetitive fashion. As result, the athlete learns to drive the knees upward during the pushoff. The high knees in
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Coaches and trainers advocate the butt kick for increased speed. This becomes obvious if you watch sprinters or athletes in various sports. You’ll see the runner with the swing leg thigh vertical and the heel close to, if not touching, the buttocks. If you are unable to see this during a run or when looking
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The recommendation to train outer thighs (more specifically the hip joint abductor muscles) is often heard in the fitness field and rarely in the world of sports. One of the reasons for this is that the hip joint muscles are typically ignored in most sports training programs. The only exception is strengthening the glutes and
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